Investing.com – Canada stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare, Clean Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Toronto, the S&P/TSX Composite declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/TSX Composite were AltaGas Ltd (TO:ALA), which rose 5.87% or 1.24 points to trade at 22.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Gibson Energy Inc . (TO:GEI) added 5.12% or 1.01 points to end at 20.75 and Uni-Select Inc. (TO:UNS) was up 4.97% or 1.05 points to 22.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trican Well Service Ltd . (TO:TCW), which fell 6.17% or 0.150 points to trade at 2.280 at the close. Alacer Gold Corp (TO:ASR) declined 4.65% or 0.100 points to end at 2.050 and Sandstorm Gold Ltd . (TO:SSL) was down 4.24% or 0.210 points to 4.740.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Toronto Stock Exchange by 582 to 518 and 136 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trican Well Service Ltd. (TO:TCW) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.17% or 0.150 to 2.280. Shares in Gibson Energy Inc. (TO:GEI) rose to 3-years highs; rising 5.12% or 1.01 to 20.75.
The S&P/TSX 60 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/TSX Composite options, was down 1.01% to 12.78.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 7.80 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.74% or 0.52 to hit $70.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $78.75 a barrel.
CAD/USD was down 0.13% to 0.7740, while CAD/EUR rose 0.06% to 0.6585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.78.